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Cattle — Share in total livestock by country

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
92.21 %LSU
Paraguay
Lowest
0.1 %LSU
Brunei Darussalam
Median
48.06 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 92.21 %LSU in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.1 %LSU in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.06 %LSU, and the mean is 44.97 %LSU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 922.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 143.2%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 63.0%).

Cattle — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 92.21 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% rising
2 Luxembourg 91.02 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% flat
3 Ireland 89 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% flat
4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% rising
7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
8 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU 2006 up 3.1% flat
9 United Republic of Tanzania 81.63 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% flat
11 Guinea 77.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% falling
12 Sweden 77.12 %LSU 2023 up 19.5% falling
13 Colombia 76.88 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
14 Namibia 76.57 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
15 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU 2023 up 12.0% falling
16 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU 2023 down 12.3% falling
17 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% rising
18 Eswatini 74.4 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
19 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% rising
20 Australia 73.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
21 Botswana 73.59 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
22 Honduras 73.37 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
23 Slovenia 72.47 %LSU 2023 up 7.2% rising
24 Vanuatu 71.97 %LSU 2023 down 5.8% flat
25 France 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% falling
26 Zimbabwe 71.26 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% falling
27 Switzerland 71.24 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
28 Austria 70.9 %LSU 2023 up 11.5% falling
29 Uzbekistan 70.53 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
30 Belize 70.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.5% flat
31 New Caledonia 69.94 %LSU 2023 down 5.3% falling
32 Panama 69.8 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
33 Ethiopia 69.28 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
34 Puerto Rico 69.1 %LSU 2023 up 23.1% falling
35 Guatemala 68.03 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
36 Uganda 67.3 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
37 Rwanda 66.93 %LSU 2023 up 37.9% falling
38 Zambia 66.75 %LSU 2023 down 4.3% falling
39 French Guiana 66.71 %LSU 2006 up 20.9% rising
40 Canada 66.68 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
40 South Sudan 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% flat
42 Ethiopia PDR 66.23 %LSU 1992 up 0.6% flat
43 Georgia 66.03 %LSU 2023 down 13.4% rising
44 Tajikistan 65.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.5% flat
45 Armenia 64.38 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% flat
46 Bangladesh 63.86 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
47 Dominica 63.32 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% rising
48 Portugal 63.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
49 Congo 63.03 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
50 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
51 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
52 OECD 62.2 %LSU 2023 down 0.0% falling
53 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU 2011 up 0.2% rising
54 Italy 61.84 %LSU 2023 up 19.1% falling
55 Bhutan 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 12.1% falling
55 Finland 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
57 USSR 60.9 %LSU 1991 down 1.1% flat
58 Lithuania 60.55 %LSU 2023 up 4.7% flat
59 Cameroon 60.46 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% falling
60 Cambodia 60.17 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% flat
61 Niger 60.16 %LSU 2023 up 10.7% rising
62 Estonia 60.15 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% falling
63 Latvia 60.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
64 Burkina Faso 60.07 %LSU 2023 up 6.1% falling
65 Guinea-Bissau 59.98 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
66 Angola 59.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
67 Eritrea 59.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% flat
68 Czechia 58.58 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
69 Sri Lanka 58.28 %LSU 2023 down 1.0% flat
70 Cuba 58.21 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
71 Martinique 57.97 %LSU 2006 up 16.2% falling
72 Myanmar 57.89 %LSU 2023 up 7.4% falling
73 Mozambique 57.68 %LSU 2023 up 26.0% falling
74 Belarus 57.65 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
75 Czechoslovakia 57.12 %LSU 1992 down 4.8% flat
76 Germany 56.97 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
77 Gambia 56.92 %LSU 2023 down 24.2% falling
78 Norway 56.83 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
79 Mexico 56.55 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% flat
80 Chile 56.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% falling
80 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.52 %LSU 2023 down 2.6% falling
82 Azerbaijan 56.42 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
83 Afghanistan 56.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
84 Türkiye 55.79 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
85 Benin 55.64 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% rising
86 Belgium-Luxembourg 55.49 %LSU 1999 down 6.7% falling
87 Ecuador 54.39 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% flat
88 Comoros 54.17 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
89 Slovakia 53.53 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
90 Montenegro 53.21 %LSU 2023 down 7.4% falling
91 Kenya 53.11 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
92 Sudan 52.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.5% flat
93 Belgium 52.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
94 India 52.05 %LSU 2023 down 0.9% falling
95 Bulgaria 51.8 %LSU 2023 up 32.5% rising
96 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.02 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% flat
97 Kyrgyzstan 50.71 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% rising
98 Djibouti 50.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% volatile
99 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU 2023 up 46.3% falling
100 Haiti 49.31 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% rising
101 Chad 49.11 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% falling
102 Cyprus 48.18 %LSU 2023 up 143.2% rising
103 Malta 48.1 %LSU 2023 up 62.6% rising
104 Iceland 48.03 %LSU 2023 up 29.0% rising
105 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 47.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% falling
106 Mali 46.63 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
107 Samoa 46.18 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% flat
108 Yugoslav SFR 46.14 %LSU 1991 down 6.8% falling
109 Poland 45.36 %LSU 2023 down 1.4% falling
110 Peru 44.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
111 Caribbean 44.61 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
112 Kazakhstan 44.49 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
113 Burundi 43.15 %LSU 2023 down 4.9% falling
114 Turkmenistan 41.53 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
115 Russian Federation 41.43 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
116 Lesotho 40.79 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
117 Solomon Islands 40.33 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
118 Japan 40.31 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.66 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% falling
120 Croatia 39.64 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% flat
121 Timor-Leste 39.32 %LSU 2023 up 21.3% rising
122 North Macedonia 38.91 %LSU 2023 down 18.0% rising
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.85 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
124 Senegal 38.34 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
125 Dominican Republic 37.96 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
126 Serbia and Montenegro 37.79 %LSU 2005 down 8.7% falling
127 Israel 37.54 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% falling
128 Nepal 37.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.4% falling
129 Saint Lucia 36.45 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
130 Republic of Korea 36.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% falling
131 Spain 36.07 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% falling
132 Nigeria 35.61 %LSU 2023 down 11.3% falling
133 Fiji 35.42 %LSU 2023 down 40.9% falling
134 Thailand 35.38 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
135 Iraq 35.22 %LSU 2023 down 34.5% rising
136 Albania 34.65 %LSU 2023 down 13.2% falling
137 Micronesia 34.22 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% falling
138 Oman 33.71 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
139 Serbia 33.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
140 Pakistan 32.98 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
141 Hungary 32.82 %LSU 2023 up 21.1% falling
142 Sierra Leone 32.61 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% falling
143 Egypt 31.64 %LSU 2023 down 12.1% rising
144 Polynesia 31.44 %LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
145 Grenada 31.18 %LSU 2023 down 3.5% falling
146 Ukraine 30.9 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
147 Greece 30.71 %LSU 2023 up 37.5% falling
148 Côte d'Ivoire 30.41 %LSU 2023 down 32.5% flat
149 Ghana 30.17 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% falling
150 Denmark 29.69 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
151 French Polynesia 29.24 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
152 Romania 28.36 %LSU 2023 up 10.9% falling
153 Mongolia 28 %LSU 2023 up 15.5% flat
154 Yemen 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
155 Suriname 26.9 %LSU 2023 down 24.1% falling
156 Melanesia 26.51 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% falling
157 Morocco 26.26 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
158 Jamaica 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
159 Cabo Verde 25.3 %LSU 2023 up 45.8% falling
160 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 25.27 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% falling
161 Malawi 24.76 %LSU 2023 down 24.0% falling
162 Viet Nam 24.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.4% rising
163 Mauritania 23.94 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
164 Antigua and Barbuda 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 14.9% falling
165 Somalia 23.2 %LSU 2023 down 6.2% flat
166 Indonesia 22.02 %LSU 2023 down 13.3% falling
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.9 %LSU 2023 down 45.7% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 20.85 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
169 Syrian Arab Republic 20.45 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
170 Tonga 19.88 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
171 Philippines 19.67 %LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
172 China, mainland 17.93 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
173 China 17.8 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
174 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.29 %LSU 2023 down 29.5% falling
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.28 %LSU 2023 down 40.7% falling
176 Algeria 17.22 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
177 Guyana 17.14 %LSU 2023 down 22.4% falling
178 Palestine 16.34 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% rising
179 Tunisia 16.23 %LSU 2023 down 9.8% falling
180 Gabon 14.9 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% rising
181 Togo 14.44 %LSU 2023 down 26.1% falling
182 Bahrain 14.27 %LSU 2023 down 52.7% falling
183 Faroe Islands 12.75 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
184 Malaysia 11.76 %LSU 2023 down 6.3% falling
185 Papua New Guinea 10.35 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
186 Liberia 9.79 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
187 Barbados 9.71 %LSU 2023 down 24.4% falling
188 Niue 9.37 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% volatile
189 Libya 8.97 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% falling
190 Republic of Moldova 8.4 %LSU 2023 down 51.9% falling
191 Lebanon 7.04 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
192 Saudi Arabia 6.79 %LSU 2023 down 17.9% falling
193 Jordan 6.42 %LSU 2023 down 10.6% falling
194 United Arab Emirates 6.36 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
195 Sao Tome and Principe 5.68 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
196 Qatar 5.58 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% volatile
197 Seychelles 4.98 %LSU 2023 down 10.8% volatile
198 Trinidad and Tobago 4.87 %LSU 2023 down 8.8% volatile
199 China, Taiwan Province of 4.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.4% falling
200 Kuwait 3.2 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
201 Cook Islands 2.45 %LSU 2023 up 41.6% falling
202 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.38 %LSU 2023 down 25.4% volatile
203 Bahamas 1.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% volatile
204 Mauritius 0.96 %LSU 2023 down 59.0% volatile
205 Singapore 0.4 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% volatile
206 Brunei Darussalam 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 63.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.